Omg, why even compare the two? Not comparable.
My mind was blown by the quiet deep love Americans had for Ronald Reagan. Not to mention the millions of Russian and Eastern European and Germans he allowed to be more free. Nothing could ever compare. Seriously.
I took my oldest son who was about 14 maybe, and we drove an hour at midnight up to the Ronald Reagan Ranch to pay our respects when he was lying in state. We got into the one lane line on the freeway to wait for the exit. It was miles away from the exit. We went to the northern most exit because we heard coming from the north was shorter. We sat in that line with everyone else for 5 hours. At 5, our car was finally at the exit where we were soon to get to the parking lot where the buses would pick us up and drive us to his coffin. But my husband had to go to work soon and I still had 2 more babies at home, so we had to pass on seeing RR’s casket. So we started driving back down to LA at 5 am. We drove for so many miles, seeing that line of cars.
I don’t know how to explain how overwhelmed I was at seeing that line.
It wasn’t for a concert of anyone’s favorite band.
There was no free food.
No free household items.
No free car.
No one would see you on tv visiting.
No one would get anything else out of this except to walk past Reagan’s coffin and get back to your car.
And yet people waited all night for the chance to file quietly past his coffin in respect.
I will never get over that.
FYI....Folks are already lined up in the very early hours of this morning, by the dozens in Evansville, Indiana to get good positions or seats up front at the POTUS, Trump, Donald J. Trump, political rally being held there this evening, commencing at 7:OO PM local time. The venue holds about 14,000-16,000 people.
Trump as always will have a massive full house rally with at least 15,000 people attending!!! Go, Trump, Go, MAGA!!! Go, Braun!!!
What a beautiful, heartfelt post.
I love that you did that.